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Witness for the Prosecution

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Witness for the Prosecution
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NR,1hr 56min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1957
Director:
Billy Wilder
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton  ...more
Synopsis: Having just recovered from a heart attack, fabled British barrister Sir Wilfred Robards (Charles Laughton) has been ordered by his doctor to give up everything he holds dear-brandy, cigars and especially courtroom cases. Robards' already shaky resolve to follow doctor's orders flies out the window when he takes up the defense of Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), a personable young man accused of murdering a rich old widow. The case becomes something of a sticky wicket when Vole's "loving" German wife ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
Witness for the Prosecution is multi-faceted director Billy Wilder's stab at the courtroom genre, and he handles it with aplomb. Reworking Agatha Christie's stage play, based on Christie's own short story, Wilder retools the play in order to develop a humorous subtext in the interplay between the physically fragile defense attorney (Charles Laughton) and his overbearing but well-meaning nurse (real-life ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Tyrone Power
Leonard Stephen Vole
Marlene Dietrich
Christine "Helm" Vole
Charles Laughton
Sir Wilfrid Robarts
Elsa Lanchester
Miss Plimsoll
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